NH PUBLIC LIBRARY ANNUAL REPORTS

Informata closed out the Bibliostat Collect New Hampshire Public Library Annual Report surveys on Thursday, July 22nd. The State Library had slightly worse return rate than usual: 22 of 230 libraries - 9.5% - did NOT submit a report. On the other hand, 208 DID. Of those, Ms. Palmatier entered 27 from paper copies and one from phone information at the last minute. The missing libraries included 15 that had received paper questionnaires and 7 that had requested usernames and passwords to work online. Ah, well. In the end, 180 out of 230 New Hampshire libraries - 78% - entered the wonderful world of online surveys this year.

FY2004 Annual Reports is being planned. The survey should be online at Bibliostat Collect by January 31, 2005. This means that changes in questions, instructions, and format will go to Informata by October 1. Programming, review, and revisions will take the rest of the fall. The deadline for submitting the survey, electronically or on paper, will be April 1, 2005, with a drop-dead date of May 1, 2005. A heavy publicity campaign will keep librarians warned and informed.